In message <m3zmmdildp.fsf_at_merlin.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes: >"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > >> "We don't know what will break if we drop leap-seconds" >> >> We know very well what can break: Only systems which relate >> the position of extra-terrestial objects to UTC time can break. >> >> These devices are called antennas and telescopes and they are >> operated by scientists and technicians who should be more than >> able to figure out how to deal with this. > >The same argument can come back in your face, computer scientists and >engineers should be able to figure out how to deal with time tracking >earth rotation, you're tracking all sorts of things... 99.9% of the computers are used by people who are not scientists and engineers. 99.999% of the computers do not track extra-terrestial objects. Wanna bet how the cost balances ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Tue Jan 03 2006 - 10:50:41 UTC
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